Emile Durkheim believed that crime is a normality, a positive product, a functional necessity in a healthy society. Durkheim's theory of the functional necessity of crime proposes that wrongdoing or crime serves to force societal members to react, condemn, and thus establish the borders of society and reconfirm its values.
I believe in what Durkheim theory states, if crime was not present in today's society our borders of what we can and cannot do would be different. However that belief does not imply that it is morally correct or socially acceptable to commit crimes. An Example would be the 9/11 trade center bombings, and how the nation put new laws in places to prevent similar situations from happenings.
If you looking for more information regarding Emile Durkheim and his theory on functional necessity of crime you can go to your local library and pick up the book “Introduction to Criminology Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior 9”, Author: Frank E. Hagan
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